[clisp-list] Re: readline on mandrake

> * Al Co <qbtfxva@...> [2004-08-27 08:31:16 +0800]:
>
> The problem concerning my installation (on Mandrake) is that the arrow
> keys and other keys aren't that useful. Pressing 'Up', for instance,
> would input "^[[A" on the screen instead of choosing the last command
> I've made. Certainly it made programming with this installation very
> difficult.
You can also run CLISP in Emacs buffer.
> You then asked "Did you compiled it yourself?" Well yes, I compiled it
> myself, and with the default options (meaning, without doing anything
> special):
>
> in the directory clisp...
> ./configure aco_clisp
> cd clisp
> ./makemake > Makefile
> make config.lisp
> make
> make check
> make install
the above cannot be what you did (you configured in aco_clisp but then
did "cd clisp"). Also, configure should have printed some suggested
options for makemake, you should have used them.
please do
./configure --with-module=syscalls <more-modules> --build build
./build/clisp
and see if readline works.
if it does not, please figure out why configure does not find readline.
e.g., do you have /usr/include/readline.h?
grep build/config.cache build/config.log
would also be helpful.
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Hi Sam,
Actually I posted this question a few weeks ago but didn't follow up.
The problem concerning my installation (on Mandrake) is that the arrow
keys and other keys aren't that useful. Pressing 'Up', for instance,
would input "^[[A" on the screen instead of choosing the last command
I've made. Certainly it made programming with this installation very
difficult.
You then asked "Did you compiled it yourself?" Well yes, I compiled it
myself, and with the default options (meaning, without doing anything
special):
in the directory clisp...
./configure aco_clisp
cd clisp
./makemake > Makefile
make config.lisp
make
make check
make install
thanks!

> * Al Co <qbtfxva@...> [2004-08-27 08:31:16 +0800]:
>
> The problem concerning my installation (on Mandrake) is that the arrow
> keys and other keys aren't that useful. Pressing 'Up', for instance,
> would input "^[[A" on the screen instead of choosing the last command
> I've made. Certainly it made programming with this installation very
> difficult.
You can also run CLISP in Emacs buffer.
> You then asked "Did you compiled it yourself?" Well yes, I compiled it
> myself, and with the default options (meaning, without doing anything
> special):
>
> in the directory clisp...
> ./configure aco_clisp
> cd clisp
> ./makemake > Makefile
> make config.lisp
> make
> make check
> make install
the above cannot be what you did (you configured in aco_clisp but then
did "cd clisp"). Also, configure should have printed some suggested
options for makemake, you should have used them.
please do
./configure --with-module=syscalls <more-modules> --build build
./build/clisp
and see if readline works.
if it does not, please figure out why configure does not find readline.
e.g., do you have /usr/include/readline.h?
grep build/config.cache build/config.log
would also be helpful.
--
Sam Steingold (http://www.podval.org/~sds) running w2k
<http://www.camera.org&gt; <http://www.iris.org.il&gt; <http://www.memri.org/&gt;
<http://www.mideasttruth.com/&gt; <http://www.honestreporting.com&gt;
186,000 Miles per Second. It's not just a good idea. IT'S THE LAW.

> the above cannot be what you did (you configured in aco_clisp but then
> did "cd clisp"). Also, configure should have printed some suggested
> options for makemake, you should have used them.
yes, my mistake, i mistyped in the email. i actually did cd aco_clisp.
But I'll do what you suggested first. Thanks!